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fletcher's checksum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
fletcher's check-sum
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of position-dependent checksum intended to provide error-detection properties approaching those of a cyclic redundancy check but with less computation.

Etymology

Devised by John G. Fletcher (1934–2012) in the late 1970s.

Inflected Forms

Fletcher's checksums (plural) Fletcher checksum (alternative)

Questions

What does fletcher's checksum mean?
A kind of position-dependent checksum intended to provide error-detection properties approaching those of a cyclic redundancy check but with less computation.
Where does fletcher's checksum come from?
Devised by John G. Fletcher (1934–2012) in the late 1970s.

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